A federal judge in Camden has vacated a $400,000 whistleblower award to a former Salem Nuclear Power Plant guard who claimed he was fired for complaining about security lapses.

The jury that handed up the June 21 verdict for Robert Scull was given erroneous information about which federal regulations govern plant security procedures, U.S. District Judge Renee Bumb ruled in Scull v. The Wackenhut Corp.